AUMMI VR

An Automotive Prototype using Virtual Reality

Virtualization
appears to be one of the top-notch topics with the potential to sustainably change
our culture and society in the next years and decades. Virtual Reality empowers us to start a journey without actually
moving from our homes. It can extend our environment with information which
would never be available without it in that way.

During my time at the Intuity Media Lab I took a first step towards this
exciting field by creating a versatile prototype which aims to support the
design process of autonomous interfaces using the Oculus Rift VR headset.

While
almost every good design process benefits from putting itself into question from
time to time and to test different ways, it can be expensive to build a prototype for
each iteration. On the other hand often it is necessary to test ideas to get an
impression whether they actually work or to see what could be done differently.
The AUMMI prototype supports this approach by providing a versatile base for
car related UI / UX testing. Without much effort or even the need of programming designers can replace
interfaces or customize the fully functional prototype based on their needs.

Furthermore
a goal was to test in what extend virtual reality technology can help to
increase the impression of actually sitting in the car in comparison to
traditional prototypes (e.g. real car interior replications).

This project started as an individual project in
the context of my internship in 2015/2016. Read more about it in my blog post for
Intuity Media Lab.